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Sean Bryant created OneSmartDollar.com in 2011 to help pass along his knowledge of finance and economics to others. After graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in economics he jumped into the world of finance. Sean has worked on the trade desk for a commodities brokerage firm, he was a project manager at Zacks Investment Research and was a CDO analyst at Bank of America. That being said he brings a good understanding of the finance field to the One Smart Dollar community.
Today, Sean has become a well known voice in the personal finance community. He's been featured in Time.com, Rocket Mortgage, Yahoo Finance, Huff Post, CBS News, Fox News, MarketWatch, Nasdaq.com, Investopedia.com, and GoBankingRates.com.
Whether you want to increase your home’s footprint to make room for your expanding family, or you want to undo the ugliness perpetrated on your home by a previous owner, planning a major home makeover can be an exciting prospect. Unfortunately, that excitement can often blind homeowners to the enormous price tag for a big…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chase Mortgage Banking for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. The great recession technically ended in June 2009, but many Americans are still feeling long lasting effects. Some of those are good, such as the low interest rates that we have been able to…
Getting any sort of loan will always include some risk. To help understand the risk of short-term loans, we are joined by Elaine McPartland from ConsolidatedCredit.org who shed some light on the subject. Short-term loans can sound like a great idea when you’re short on cash. You have an emergency, you need cash and there’s…
Last week I was watching an old episode of Law & Order surrounding a criminal organization and how they were laundering money through different businesses in New York. The term money laundering is thrown around in the media quite often, however, many of us are probably wondering, “what is money laundering?” If you were to…
It’s no secret that we as consumers have a bit of a debt problem. Not only did widespread over-leveraging help intensify the Great Recession, but we also racked up roughly $82.5 billion in new credit card debt during 2011 and 2012 and are on pace to add another $41.2 billion to our tab this year,…
As a way to get more customers, some banks are offering special rates on money market accounts. Your immediate reaction when considering moving your money market accounts is to look at the amount you are gaining on those accounts. If there is a huge difference in the amount you would be earning, the decision is…